Figure 2.

Progression of Bedside PEWS score with increasing proximity to urgent paediatric ICU admission. We present the mean of the maximum Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) score and standard error of the mean for time periods 0–3, 4–7, 8–11, 12–15, 16–19 and 20–24 hours before intensive care unit (ICU) admission.